Shut up and dance with me.

>When I'm a [BAD GIRL], they put me in the [ROOMBA] maid chassis. [>_<]

It's understandable to want to appear humble while accepting a compliment, but resorting to self deprecation / self flagellation isn't exactly polite either, as it can make the compliment-er feel uncomfortable, and it can be taken as an insult to their tastes.

So for example, someone compliments your hair, and you reply with "ugh thanks but I hate my hair and think it looks so ugly and stupid", not only are you likely to make the other party uncomfortable with your sudden and unwarranted display of self flagellation, but there's also the subtle insinuation that the other party was wrong to compliment you, perhaps insinuating they have bad taste.

Now of course, in some cultures it's not uncommon for someone to playfully deflect a compliment, for example you compliment someone's jacket and they reply with "oh shucks, not this old thing :)". However there are some key differences between this type of playful deflection vs resorting to self deprecation / self flagellation. One key difference is the sense of playfulness in the tone, and it's often said with a smile or other body language to insinuate they are still happy to receive the compliment. These playful deflections also don't go too deep or get too insulting, "oh not this old thing :)" is a lot lighter and doesn't go as deep as "yeah thanks but I hate this jacket so much, it's so ugly and stupid."

And finally, if it is important to you to appear humble and gracious when receiving a compliment, try returning a compliment back to them. For example if they compliment something you're wearing then find something they're wearing or something about their appearance to compliment them back. This is going to be a much more polite way of showing humility when receiving a compliment, rather than self deprecation / self flagellation.

My handwriting is the same style as the teacher’s who I had when I was nine. I’m now twenty one and he’s been dead eight years but my i’s still curve the same way as his.

I watched the last season of a TV show recently but I started it with my friend in high school. We haven’t spoken in four years.

I make lentil soup through the recipe my gran gave me.

I curl my hair the way my best friend showed me.

I learned to love books because my father loved them first.

OFF = You are offside.

OOOOOOOFF = You are offside and don’t seem to realize it; stop trying to touch the puck and move your ass out of the fucking zone before you force a whistle.

CHANGE = You’ve been on the ice a long time.

CHAAAAAAANGE = Are you aware that there are other people on this team who would like to play hockey at some point?

ONE ON = An opposing player is trying to get the puck away from you and it appears that you haven’t noticed.

GOT TIME = Don’t panic and fling the puck into Siberia, there’s no one close enough to take it away from you right this second.

ICE IT = We’ve been in our zone for three minutes and everyone on the ice is nearing collapse, so go ahead, panic and fling the puck into Siberia.

I’M OPEN = Pass toward the sound of my voice right fucking now.

ALL YOU = Take the puck forward yourself; everyone else is far enough behind you that you should not rely on getting any backup on this developing play.

I GOT YOU = You are so egregiously out of position that it makes more sense for us to just switch jobs for a minute.

I GOT IT = If we both skate hard to the puck at the same time, as is currently happening, there will be no one to pass it to and also we are liable to collide in an unproductive fashion, so just let me handle it.

I GOT IT I GOT IT I GOT IT = You did not listen to me and we are about to collide in an unproductive fashion.

POINT= The D is standing wide open while your dumb ass is skating circles in the corner

I CAN’T SEE= I am the goalie and you are standing directly in my line of sight, please move

MOVE= I am still the goalie and you are still standing directly in my line of sight, get out of my fucking way

MOVE IT= There are so many people open to you right now that I can’t even list them all, pass the fucking puck

COVER THE D= The D is skating the puck and one of you forwards needs to take their place for a hot sec

TWO ON= There are two people barreling down your ass while you try to get the puck and you better have a plan to get out of this alive

BACKCHECK= Last I checked, the defense are not the only players on the ice, so maybe help them out a bit

ITS YOURS= You dont currently have the puck but you are racing another player for it, go faster

COVER= Please cover the fucking puck so that we can get a whistle and this play can finally end

LOOSE= Their goalie doesn’t quite have the puck covered so poke at the goalie like you have a death wish

LOOSE= Our goalie doesn’t quite have the puck covered so beat the other team away from our goalie like they have a death wish

So the false heat au is SOOO DELICIOUS because Shane CANT use the built in cop out of his secondary gender!!! That burning insatiable lust was allllll Shane, 100%!!!

Even more delicious if alpha Ilya knows this from the start and holds it over Shane's head,,, 😈😈😈 imagine getting someone so hot they literally think they've entered their mating cycle. Ilya's ego is getting stroked biiiig time

no because this is exactly what i was thinking too. like shane presents as an omega and doesn't really have any opinions about that, like maybe this is a utopia where in team sports omegas are great stabilizers for team dynamics, they even out tempers and can soothe any aggression! so in hockey having at least on omega on the team is pretty important because of how physical the sport is! so shane doesnt care That much. but that doesn't mean he's gonna be some alpha obsessed omega that he always hears about, he's going to play hockey for as long as possible and probably settle down with a beta and that will be him. so what if alphas smell sooo good, particularly the male alphas on his team. its all totally in control, shane will not be a slave to his instincts. and then that all goes out of the door when he meets ilya, shane went through his first heat, he knows what this feeling is. is it possible for an alpha to be so compatible with u that it sends u into an early heat with no warning, no preheat symptoms? shane doesnt know, he doesnt care, because all he can think about is how good ilya smells, how badly he needs to taste his scent directly from the source. shane is slicking up, way more than he ever did throughout the entirety of his first heat, and he can't stop himself from moving forward, his hand still awkwardly out stretched. ilya is just watching him, cigarette still in hand and shane must be really out of it because he doesnt scare about the smoke, if anything it makes ilyas scent even more addictive. shane feel hot, he can feel sweat dripping down the back of his neck, he wants to strip down right here, press himself against ilya; fuck, he wants to feel him inside. he wonders if ilyas knot is big, will stretch him better than his one, sad toy he got when he first presented. shane might be drooling, breathing open mouthed and scenting the air, he doesnt care how rude that is because hes in heat, its allowed. hes not in his right mind. ilya is raising an eyebrow, opening his mouth to say something but shane is moving before he can, burying his face in ilyas neck and groaning, his pants are soaked, slick dripping down his thighs and its never felt this intense before, the smell of ilya lighting him up from the inside fuck, are true mates real? are they a bonded pair? "shane!" his mothers voice snaps him out of his daze, "wha... what are you doing?"

his mother's confusedworriedshocked alpha scent is the last thing he wants to smell but its enough to pull him out the rest of the way. "hello," ilya says, sounding amused. "rozanov??" and shane would really not like to be here right now but he can't help it surely his mother will understand. "i'm in heat, mom."

his mother is closer now but shane doesnt want to turn around, wants to stay pressed up against ilya.

"no you're not."

shane freezes. what? "yes i am!"

"i do not think so," ilya chimes in, "no smell of omega heat."

me: idk man it still sounds like an ocular migraine

Rewilding - Sebastian Blanck , 2026.

American, b. 1976 -

Gladly!

A bit more complicated, but sure!